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View SchemaEllipsometry noise spectrum, suspension transfer function measurement and closed-loop control of the suspension system in the Q & A experiment
| Authors | Sheng-Jui Chen, Hsien-Hao Mei, Wei-Tou Ni |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0508176 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0508176 |
| DOI | 10.1088/1742-6596/32/1/036 |
| Journal | 2006 Journal of Physics: Conference Series 32 244-250 |
Abstract
The Q & A experiment, aiming at the detection of vacuum birefringence predicted by quantum electrodynamics, consists mainly of a suspended 3.5 m Fabry-Perot cavity, a rotating permanent dipole magnet and an ellipsometer. The 2.3 T magnet can rotate up to 10 rev/s, introducing an ellipticity signal at twice the rotation frequency. The X-pendulum gives a good isolation ratio for seismic noise above its main resonant frequency 0.3 Hz. At present, the ellipsometry noise decreases with frequency, from 1*10^{-5} rad Hz^{-1/2} at 5 Hz, 2*10^{-6} rad Hz^{-1/2} at 20 Hz to 5*10^{-7} rad Hz^{-1/2} at 40 Hz. The shape of the noise spectrum indicates possible improvement can be made by further reducing the movement between the cavity mirrors. From the preliminary result of yaw motion alignment control, it can be seen that some peaks due to yaw motion of the cavity mirror was suppressed. In this paper, we first give a schematic view of the Q & A experiment, and then present the measurement of transfer function of the compound X-pendulum-double pendulum suspension. A closed-loop control was carried out to verify the validity of the measured transfer functions. The ellipsometry noise spectra with and without yaw alignment control and the newest improvement is presented.
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